---
name: "Choi Seung-hyun"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/choi-seung-hyun"
fi1m_id: "choi-seung-hyun"
imdb_id: "nm1960520"
tmdb_id: 37929
wikidata_id: "Q5103957"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T08:01:32.137407+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Choi Seung-hyun

## Identity

Choi Seung-hyun

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/choi-seung-hyun
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** choi-seung-hyun
- **IMDb ID:** nm1960520
- **TMDB ID:** 37929
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5103957
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Seung-hyun, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5103957, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1960520/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37929

Composer. Born 1 January 1901 in South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, South Korea
- **Also known as:** Shawn Choi, 최승현
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Seung-hyun, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5103957, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1960520/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37929

## Biography

Choi Seung-hyun, also known as Shawn Choi or 최승현, is a South Korean film score composer. He studied film scoring at New York University, completing a Master of Music degree, and began his career as a guitarist before moving into composition and orchestration for film.

He contributed to the score for *Oldboy* (2003) alongside Shim Hyun-jung and Lee Jisoo, and composed the original score for *Lady Vengeance* (2005). His other credits include *The Classic* (2003), *Windstruck* (2004), *The Guard Post* (2008), *Children...* (2011) and *What Happened to Mr. Cha?* (2021). He is the founder of PSALM Music Production and has also worked in music supervision and additional music roles on earlier projects such as *Silmido* (2003).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, schoimusic.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Oldboy* (2003), Fi1m 85, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/oldboy.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *What Happened to Mr. Cha?* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Bounty Hunters* (2016), Music
- *Children...* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Lady Daddy* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *The Guard Post* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Small Town Rivals* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Lady Vengeance* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Windstruck* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Oldboy* (2003), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/oldboy.md)
- *The Classic* (2003), Original Music Composer

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